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Gold Medal Camp Furniture Company

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exhibition in Chicago, the name was changed to the Gold Medal Camp Furniture Company. However, no gold medals were actually awarded at the fair, and there is evidence of the company using the Gold Medal name earlier. The company made the standard cots for the United States military and National
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such as tents, folding chairs, and sleeping bags. Supposedly, after the company's furniture won a gold medal at the
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The Racine Camp Furniture & Novelty Manufacturing Co. was founded in 1890, to manufacture furniture for
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Industrial buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Wisconsin
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In 1979, Gold Medal established a second manufacturing plant in
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after its No. 35 folding chairs became popular in Hollywood.
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Late 19th And Early 20th Century American Movements
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U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Gold Medal Camp Furniture Company is located in Wisconsin
Racine, Wisconsin
42°42′39″N 87°48′03″W / 42.7109°N 87.8009°W / 42.7109; -87.8009
100003915
Racine, Wisconsin
camping
1893 World's Fair
director's chair
Baxter, Tennessee
"National Register Information System"
National Register of Historic Places
National Park Service


"Gold Medal Camp Furniture Company"


"Gold Medal plant closing"
Racine Journal Times
2A
"The Prize Winning Medallion Awarded at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, IL"
"Going to the Front: Gold Medal Camp Furniture Company Business Increasing"
Racine Journal Times
"1700 PACKARD AVE"
Wisconsin Historical Society
"Columbian Exposition Gave Name; Movie Stars Glamorized Product"
Racine Journal Times
"Gold Medal Lofts redevelopment well underway, will create 77 apartments"

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